Eating for Good Health (2010)

3nd Edition 2010. The contents of this book are in this blog (subheadings in Blog Archive from October 2009 till January 2010) for free reading. This is a non-commercial book and is not available in major commercial book stores. If you wish to own a hard copy, kindly contact the author at: drlimhf@gmail.com or 012-3615905

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Diary 329: Other benefits of bitter gourd

Nutritional benefits: low in calories but dense with precious nutrients.

These health talks are delivered for educational purposes without promoting any health, herbal or medicinal products. Talk organisers have to bear the basic expenses on food, lodging & transportation where appropriate. Contact: limhf@frim.gov.my

About Me

Trained as a social anthropologist, Dr. Lim completed his tertiary education in Malaysia. He obtained his BA from the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Master of Social Science from the Universiti Sains Malaysia and PhD from the Universiti Malaya. He has written three books about the New Villages in Malaysia in 1994, 2002 and 2005, a book on the indigenous people entitled Orang Asli, Forest and Development in 1997 and a book on production and trade of safrole-rich essential oil in East and Southeast Asia in 2007. He is a senior researcher at the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM).
Since 1996, he has developed interests in understanding the relationship between foods and diseases. He delivers free health talks and provides consultation to cancer patients as well as their family members during his free time. His health books include Eating for Good Health (2nd edition 2009), Xun Zhao Jian Kang (2007) and Makanan Sihat Sebagai Ubat (2008). The publication of these books is to share his knowledge and his family’s experience with everyone who is interested to live a healthy life via health food. This is part of his dream in the pursuit of health for all.